Edmond de Rothschild focuses on China

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management aims to build on its China franchise, before expanding across the region, says Bruno Vanier, chief investment officer for global equities at the firm in Paris. "We also want to sell our US and European expertise here, and have ideas for new investment products to offer," he told AsianInvestor while in Hong Kong last week. "For example, we're happy to do some products based on small- and mid-cap equities in China -- and also elsewhere in Asia." H…